imtest -u <user> not what I think it is?

[Jeff Blaine]

Nevermind.  I get it now.

Is there a known problem with @ in IMAP passwords?

Jeff Blaine wrote:
> Why is 'cyrus' not being used as the user below?
> 
> bin:imap> ./imtest -u cyrus -v -m login
> WARNING: no hostname supplied, assuming localhost
> 
> S: * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ ID STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN 
> SASL-IR] imap.foo.com Cyrus IMAP v2.x server ready
> Please enter your password:
> C: L01 LOGIN jblaine {8}  <-------------------------
> S: + go ahead
> C: <omitted>
> S: L01 NO Login failed: generic failure
> Authentication failed. generic failure
> Security strength factor: 0
> ^CC: Q01 LOGOUT
> Connection closed.
> bin:imap> sudo ./imtest -u cyrus -v -m login
> WARNING: no hostname supplied, assuming localhost
> 
> S: * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4 IMAP4rev1 LITERAL+ ID STARTTLS AUTH=PLAIN 
> SASL-IR] imap.foo.com Cyrus IMAP v2.x server ready
> Please enter your password:
> C: L01 LOGIN root {8}  <----------------------------
> S: + go ahead
> C: <omitted>
> S: L01 NO Login failed: generic failure
> Authentication failed. generic failure
> Security strength factor: 0
> ^CC: Q01 LOGOUT
> Connection closed.
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